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Sep 10, 2020 · A fight ensued and his brother was arrested, which ignited a long string of trips to jail. But Thought soon found himself landing in trouble too. Thought’s first arrest came at 12 after he was...
- Kyle Eustice
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1971), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove.
Sep 16, 2020 · Before Tarik Trotter turned two, his father — a gangster and Muslim from South Philadelphia — died in a hail of bullets at age 26. During Tarik’s teen years, his mother, who fell victim to the crack era, was also murdered. This was after he himself began selling drugs for the sport of it.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Arrested at age 12, he was sentenced to 150 hours of "scrub time." He was drafted into the city's Anti-Graffiti Network, which would become the Mural Arts Program. Philadelphia's murals: The ...
Feb 24, 2022 · In an uncategorizable new musical, “Black No More,” the rapper Tariq Trotter investigates Black identity — a matter that has occupied his whole career.
- Reginald Dwayne Betts
May 20, 2023 · Trotter was in high school when he experienced one of the biggest tragedies of his life: the murder of his mother. In the aftermath, his friend and creative partner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson became an anchor. “Music was there for me when I needed it to be, and Ahmir and his family was there for me,” Trotter says.
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Sep 13, 2023 · He was arrested at age 12 for painting graffiti on a basketball court, and his “scrub time” punishment was overseen by a woman named Jane Golden, who now runs an organization called Mural...
